In the case you’re experiencing a dreaded ‘c101a006’ error when trying to buy, trial or download an app, you should know you’re not alone.

We’ve had about a dozen tips so far and verified ourselves that the Windows Phone Store is tossing this error out for apps that are buy/try (free apps appear to be exempt).

Microsoft does report that Xbox Music and Video (aka Zune) is having issues for browsing and purchasing items and we’re quite certain that overlaps with the Windows Phone Store. The good news is Microsoft is well aware of the problem and on top of it, meaning this could be fixed by the time we post (or be a few hours).

Update: Looks like Bing, Xbox Music + Video and Windows Phone (all separate, but related) are being affected. Yikes.

Sit tight and commiserate in comments. Thanks, everyone, for the tips!

I would also like an explanation of what the issues are, not just it has been fixed, how about some more detailed information regarding what the issues where and what has been done to rectify the issue?

Can i get that information anywhere?

All about transparency MS.

You need to drop this secret culture and open up and become more transparent as a company.

Well, this is frustrating to say the least.
as soon as one issue is solved we have another... cmon MS pls fix these NOW.
with so many hardware and software glitches/issues.. im wondering if i was wrong in jumping ship to WP, maybe should have held on to Android for a couple yrs until WP is stable
will give it couple months, if problems still persist then a Nexus 4/ HTC One may look quite enticing.

I too am new to windows phone just got the Ativ S and love it and windows OS. Although i have experienced a random reboot and i always get an error message about removing the SD Card safely. Wish i could fix that. Microsoft have acknowledged this error i looked on the xbox live support page among other things that are not working as they should.

Had this problem with an inapp purchase... Bought a feature in the app the first time, but then I had to restore my phone. So after that, when I had to download the app again, it couldn't install. I got ripped off -___-